WIBU to have entered in to a Loud Parenting stand-off at the library?

[welliesandpyjamas]

I think I know I WBU. In fact, I have brought shame on MN by stooping to these levels rather than just smirking and ignoring. I apologise.

I arrived early with DS2 to library rhymetime and was sitting reading quietly in the corner. Other mum comes in and announces to the whole place to her toddler that they will now sit and read. Cue LOUD reading of and over the top expressions and actions to the disinterested child. Very LOUD and ARTICULATED. And for some reason, I decided to out-loud-parent her and do the same, but going up one, by reading the bilingual books

In my defence, I did very quickly get a grip and stop.

She didn't, though. Went on for another 15 minutes and then was the loudest singer with the biggest actions during Rhymetime. Her dc did I mention his name was Zebediah? was more interested in making piles of books and picking his nose.

Us poor library assistants are stuck listening to this crap you know.

It wears very thin.

adjusts specs and bun, funny handshake, rasher of bacon as a bookmark, fucking tories

Apart from me showing off about my wunderDCs I did once refuse to translate for someone when eldest DS told someone that I'd done a giant poo.

wellies we may have been at same rhymetime....

the someone was my BIL - I suspect he knew but he wanted to hear me say it.

{worries about poo troll{

Tantrumsandballoons hahaha!!

My 2-year-old is just a beginner: -
Me: Look at the lutes, darling
Him: Done a fart [short pause] done TWO FARTS!

Chaz - i hope to God you weren't going to do a performance of "who can tell me the name of the big clock" and the answer be Big Ben.
Every performance parent should know that the bell is called Big Ben, and the clock just goes by "the clock of the tower of the palace of Westminster"

My dd "performance childs" me at times.

In the supermarket. "Can I have this mummy" cbbc shite mag

                 Me in quiet voice."No Anna,I've told you I don't have a lot of                        money today"       
                 DD in a Boom Boom Shake the Room voice "Why? Are we really poor then?" <span class="line-through">witch</span>.

I love Loud Parenting. Thanks OP

Can't let this go though disinterested and uninterested

I was merely enunciating clearly, not 'performing'.
Must go to prepare the organic quinoa for Zebediah's tea; he's always starving after his Mandarin Chinese lesson.

Mandarin Chinese! As if there is another (inferior) Mandarin language.

Julia. I can well imagine that being said.

nickel obviously we have had that discussion but DS2 (aged 4) failed to grasp the distinction and just wanted to know when it was going to go "Bong".

I suspect most of his knowledge of the inner workings of the clock comes from Cars 2.

-Epic performance parenting failure...

So some idiot comes in and disturbs everyone else with her embarrassing, attention seeking theatrics and your first instinct was to stoop down to her level by entering into competitive lunacy?..

Don't shame yourself like that again.

My sympathies with the children.

I know I must have posted this before but it's true and I wince everytime I think about it..

In the bank. Sudden astonishing downpour of lobby. People stand silently contemplating what to do.

DD (aged about five) really loudly : oh fuck, it's raining

Pagwatch : Pagirl fullname, what did you say!

Pagirl : I said 'oh fuck it's raining

Paggran : where on earth did you learn that

Pagirl :

That is how I do performance parenting my friend.

Yes yes, think of the children

Pag we may be sharing the same child.

We would all miss out on a lot of fun if some people didn't parent loudly. I wonder if they ever stop to think what they sound like!

Bearcrumble, that made me weep simple but spot on!

Pleasethanks...you're not Zebediah's mum, are you??

Was it you who taught her that language then Pathan?

True Exotic. It is good for me because it allows me to think 'well at least I don't do that'.

I'm saying nowt Pag.

These are ace.

BTW it's St Stephen's Tower akshully.

Pag - my then not-quite-two year old dropped a load of building blocks in one of those hippyish educational toy shops and yelped, "oh Fu-uck".

I live really close to a library and regularly witness children having their arms pulled out of the sockets by skippy mothers chanting, "let's go to the library, we love the library, we love books don't we?"